Table 4 Sensitivity Analyses (Exclusion of 0.1 & 0.6 Codes): Interrupted time series analysis of healthcare utilization due to motor vehicle crash six months before and six months after authorization of medical cannabis compared to those unauthorized (n = 27,657)
Outcome | Authorized Medical Cannabis | Unauthorized Controls | Difference | Absolute Difference | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Immediate Level Change* | Temporal Trend change** | Immediate Level Change* | Temporal Trend Change** | Immediate Level Change* | Temporal Trend Change** | Combined Level and Trend Changes | ||||||||
Events/ 10,000 patients | p-value | Events/ 10,000 patients | p-value | Events/ 10,000 patients | p-value | Events/ 10,000 patients | p-value | Events/ 10,000 patients | p-value | Events/ 10,000 patients | P-value | Events/ 10,000 patients | 95% Confidence intervals | |
Motor-vehicle related hospitalization or ED visit | −2.50 | 0.3745 | 0.46 | 0.5358 | −0.23 | 0.9196 | −0.57 | 0.3239 | −0.95 | 0.9229 | 0.55 | 0.8284 | 2.34 | −25.06 to 29.7 |
Motor-vehicle related hospitalization | −1.56 | 0.0857 | 0.08 | 0.7079 | −0.64 | 0.0586 | −0.0063 | 0.9369 | −0.65 | 0.4911 | 0.28 | 0.3066 | 1.02 | −2.96 to 4.99 |
Motor-vehicle related ED | −0.85 | 0.7276 | 0.39 | 0.5517 | 0.53 | 0.8388 | −0.63 | 0.2613 | 3.20 | 0.2904 | 0.35 | 0.7655 | 5.29 | −6.60 to 17.17 |